diff --git a/jbrowse2/bin/make_global_config.pl b/jbrowse2/bin/make_global_config.pl
index 76f091e6..8b7c7892 100755
--- a/jbrowse2/bin/make_global_config.pl
+++ b/jbrowse2/bin/make_global_config.pl
@@ -168,7 +168,10 @@
     $$hashref{'genomebrowser'}{'tracks'} = \@blasttracks;
     push @blastarray, $hashref;
 }
-print $blastjson JSON->new->pretty(1)->encode(\@blastarray);
+my $toplevelhash;
+$$toplevelhash{'wormbaseVersion'} = 'WS'.$RELEASE;
+$$toplevelhash{'bioprojects'} = \@blastarray;
+print $blastjson JSON->new->pretty(1)->encode($toplevelhash);
 close $blast;
 close $blastjson;